Cocaine bricks wash up on Sydney beaches
CANBERRA â Five plastic-wrapped packages believed to contain cocaine have washed up on beaches in Sydney, deepening a long-running drug mystery.
Found by beachgoers at...
Iran vows to avenge deadly Syria strike
TEHRAN â Iran has vowed to respond to what it said was an Israeli strike on Monday that destroyed an Iranian consulate building in...
Texas man contracts rare bird flu
AUSTIN â A person in Texas has tested positive for bird flu, the second US human case of the virus that has infected herds...
Peru Presidentâs home raided for Rolex watches
LIMA â Police in Peru have raided President Dina Boluarteâs home as part of a corruption inquiry dubbed âRolexgateâ.
Authorities were searching for more than...
Thailand govât moves to legalize same-sex marriage
BANGKOK â Thailand has taken a historic step closer to marriage equality after the lower house passed a bill giving legal recognition to same-sex...
Pope calls for truce in Gaza, Ukraine
VATICAN â Pope Francis has used his traditional Easter message to call for a ceasefire in the Gaza Strip and for the return of...
Ex-Brazil international footballer arrested to serve rape sentence
BRASILIA â Former Brazil international football player Robinho has been arrested to serve a nine-year prison sentence for rape.
He was convicted two years ago...
Nigerian pupils taken in mass abduction freed
ABUJA â Nigerian pupils taken by gunmen in a mass abduction in the north-western town of Kuriga earlier this month have been freed âunharmedâ,...
Russian court charges four men with act of terrorism
MOSCOW â Russia has charged four men it says attacked a Moscow concert hall and killed at least 137 people.
Three were marched bent double...
In China, marriages rise for the first time in nine years
BEIJING â The number of couples in China choosing to marry has gone up for the first time in nine years.
In 2023 there were...